Opinion
Comment—What is your risk culture?
Add to Session workbookGAVIN JOHNSON says that any set of OHS competencies developed by a potential New Zealand HaSPA should take into account our key industry sectors and their risk cultures.
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Driving Expectations
Add to Session workbookJACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM tells how an award-winning driver induction programme has had significant benefits for all involved.
Subscribe to read this articleBridesmaid no more
Add to Session workbookOccupational health – too hard? Always the bridesmaid to safety? Not so says IAN BARTLETT, who offers seven steps to help you get health to the altar.
Subscribe to read this articleHow work can give you cancer
Add to Session workbookANDREA ‘t MANNETJE reports on recent New Zealand research which shows more awareness of workplace carcinogens is urgently needed.
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Add to Session workbookWe invited five people to respond to this question: You have been appointed to head up the occupational health unit within WorkSafe New Zealand. Congratulations! What are your priorities for the first 12 months?
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Add to Session workbookPETER BATEMAN reports on an award-winning initiative which really got people talking about health and safety.
Read this articleGenerational change
Add to Session workbookThe winner of the small business category in this year’s Safeguard awards is a residential construction company that punches well above its weight. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports.
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From the Courts
Add to Session workbookLegal Viewpoint—Fines set for big rise
Add to Session workbookIn a little over a year the HSE Act will be replaced by a new statute with far greater penalty provisions. ANDREW SHAW and GLENN JONES predict a significant rise in fines handed down.
Subscribe to read this articleNZISM Perspective—Scope of practice
Add to Session workbookWhat is the scope of practice of a generalist OHS practitioner? TONY RIGG considers the options and arrives at a position.
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Add to Session workbookHealth Matters—Asbestos analysis
Add to Session workbookDr BILL GLASS summarises the estimated burden of asbestos-related disease in the period 1992 – 2012.
Subscribe to read this articleIt’s Academic—Do you practise safe sun?
Add to Session workbookThe availability of sun protective gear in the context of a sun-safety culture offers real benefits to outdoor workers, report ANTHONY REEDER, BRONWEN McNOE and BARB HEGAN.
Subscribe to read this articleRegulator Report—New era under Worksafe
Add to Session workbookGREGOR COSTER sets out WorkSafe NZ’s vision, purpose, values, and five key ways of working.
Subscribe to read this articleSpeaking of Safety—Confidence in a new era
Add to Session workbookJOHN BEAGLEHOLE looks forward to ACC playing its part in the emerging new health and safety era.
Subscribe to read this articleIncident Investigation—500kg near miss
Add to Session workbookSummary MBIE’s High Hazards Unit recently prosecuted two companies after an incident where a worker on a drill site narrowly escaped death after a drill pipe fell onto his crane cabin.
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Add to Session workbookSUSAN REID describes how a workplace trainer helped get better access to healthcare for a gout sufferer, and boosted awareness of this common and debilitating condition in his workplace.
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Add to Session workbookTrue Confessions—Personal resilience
Add to Session workbookJUDITH COLLINS meets a remarkable young man and reflects on the importance of resilience.
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